Acrylic...Microsoft's answer to Photoshop/Paintshop Pro

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Acrylic" (code name) is the professional design program that brings together the richness of pixel-based painting and the performance of editable vector graphics for a more fluid and flexible creative workflow. Create sophisticated designs and graphic elements for your on-screen, Web, and print projects.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
looks good so far, I will have to explore more this evening. Thanks for the link.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It would be the least to say ridiculous that Acrylic is a serious competitor for Photoshop! It's a rather simple program. Photoshop as another analysis i've read is at least 10 years ahead as to programming and features. Adobe has nothing to fear from MS yet,except maybe the new Metro format MS is trying to bring to the marker.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
80mb?

guess i'll find out by this weekend.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I tried this before and was not impressed.  It certainly isn't a competitor for Photoshop.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have to agree with Island Dog...I tried it as well when they first announced the beta, but wasn't too impressed. I found it to be unintuitive and not very streamlined. I'll wait until it has gone through further beta testing and tweaking before I try it again.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Tried it at it's first [beta] release ....agree with #4 and #5

...definitely NOT a competitor to Adobe photoshop. Perhaps in the future, but not now.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry if the title (reworded MS spiel) is suggestive or misleading, and I hope nobody thinks that I believe Acrylic to be a serious cometitor to Photoshop or Paintshop Pro. To be honest, having not looked at it as yet, I wouldn't have a clue and posted this purely as a matter of interest for those who might want to check it out. However, whilst Acrylic may not meet the requirements of more experienced users, it could be a useful tool for the less experienced or beginner to learn with.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Agreed, Starkers ..it may be useful to some folks, and I don't think anyone is actually miffed at your post.

As I recall, when it was first [beta] released, I remember reading [somewhere] a claim that it would rival one/both of those two well-established proggies.

As I mentioned above, that may well happen in the future.

I installed it, used it for a few days and found it nowhere near as good as what I was used to, with it's clunky interface ...so I banished it to the recycle bin. The program may have gotten better since then.

I think folks who responded here may have also seen that claim, ...so not a dig at you at all mate, and I'm sure there definitely are some folks who are happy you posted the info
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Acrylic, Microsoft's answer to the useless MSPaint.
Thats how the thread probably should have been titled.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I don't think this software is very user friendly.  The interface is very confusing and I don't think a beginner will take to that.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well now I've downloaded Acrylic for myself to see what all the fuss is about I shall look over in the next couple of days or so, but given my newbiness (is That a word?) to it and not being overly familiar with any of the programs in question, I'll still not be qualified to make any comparisons or give an informed opinion. However, should I become too frustrated and feel the need to impatiently toss it to one side, I will have become qualified to at least agree its not for newbies like me with little or no idea

Ok, maybe Acrylic doesn't have alot of fans at present, but its still in beta and early days yet. Who knows, by the time the full version is available, I may have progressed beyond dabbling and actually able to create something

I don't think anyone is actually miffed at your post.


I wasn't so much concerned that anyone was miffed.....more like: heaven forbid the title suggests I know anything and I'm asked questions I 'newbily' can't answer
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
I like MSPaint.

*sulks*

But maybe an update wouldn't be that awful...

Dan
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
I mentioned this a few months back. I don't think it is intended to compete with Photoshop as much as paint shop pro.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
like MSPaint.


have you tried paint.net?
Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top
I think this is more the next generation for a pretty under-exposed MS product from years past... ImageComposer

http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/frontpage/imagecomposer/default.asp

IC Was basically an extremely easy to use web graphics app. It didn't do anything extremely fancy, but what it did do, it did well, it did it fast and the UI was pretty intuitive. It wasn't anything to write home about, but it got the job done.

After playing with Acrylic for all of 2min, it feels like the spiritual successor to ImageComposer more than anything else. MS knows it can't break the photo manip market, what it's going for is the average user who wants web graphics but doesn't want to shell out a ton of cash for the big guns.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Paint.net http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/